Does Every Country Treat Sex Scandals The Same Way?
March 10th 2008 23:10
Well, the conscience of business, and payback.....
Elliot Spitzer, currently Governor of New York, who brought a number of lawsuits against Wall Street villians who cheated investors while New York's Attorney General, has made a number of enemies. Very rich, patient enemies.
So, it is a bit surprising that he, with the example of Bill Clinton so recently before him, would end up getting caught in an investigation into an international prostitution ring....
The Emperors Clubl (by the way, the link takes a few minutes to load on most machines, it's getting quite a few hits at the moment)....more of the story and links here Post Chronicle
So, while landlords in Washington, D. C. let tenants live in squalor so they can force them to vacate the premises, which can then be converted into condominiums in newly gentrified neighborhoods, earning the slumlords millions,
see Washington Post
and in China, exporting of new green technology comes at the cost of dumping toxic waste on villages (many of the newly rich have no particular citizenship, their passport is issued by the country of Money) Washington Post ,people like Mr. Spitzer used to bring legal actions against them.
Mr. Spitzer was one of the good guys. At least from the point of view of the 98% or or 99% percent of the population that does not control all of the world's money.
Mr. Spitzer has always been controversial, but here's a link with a quick partial list of some of his professional actions News BBC
Reportedly, the enormously wealthy are having a good laugh over the end of Mr. Spitzer's career.
I'm just wondering..... should his career be over?
Do other countries view sexual scandals the same way as the States?
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